UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1172

A group of extraordinary actors are joining Little Angel Theatre to record the soundtrack of its puppetry production of MACBETH.

24-year-old Irish girl Fiona O'Malley, 23-year old Adam Wollerton from Yorkshire, 22-year old Rachel Kelly from Glasgow and 25-year old Joseph Alexander are bringing their highly- praised musical production to an off West End venue following a performance at the 900- seater Rose Theatre and sell-out

Disney's THE LION KING will complete its sell-out run at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday, having delighted over 190,000 theatregoers and generated "millions of pounds" for the local economy.

This Christmas Rose Theatre Kingston and Bor Productions will come together to produce The Snow Gorilla.

As part of its celebratory 5th Birthday Season, Leicester's Curve theatre is producing Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane in a co-production with the Mercury Theatre Colchester.

Philip Ridley's modern classic The Fastest Clock In The Universe will return in a brand new 21st Anniversary Production at the Old Red Lion Theatre from Tuesday 5 - Saturday 30 November (press night Thursday 7 November) it was announced today.

Educating Rita by Willy Russell, directed by Chris Honer will run tonight 26 September - Saturday 12 October 2013 with Library Theatre Company at The Lowry.

Innovative new theatre company 8fold theatre present The Door at London's newest theatre - the Park Theatre at Finsbury Park - from 12th November to 1st December, following their Best New Play Award shortlisting at this year's Brighton Fringe.

This Christmas Rose Theatre Kingston and Bor Productions will come together to produce The Snow Gorilla.

Following their critically acclaimed inaugural and sold out production of Spring Awakening in April this year, Assembled Junk Productions have announced the cast for their forthcoming three week professional fringe production of Alan Menkin and Howard Ashman's cult classic musical Little Shop of Hor

All Star Productions has announced full casting and creatives for DAYS OF HOPE, with Music and Lyrics by Howard Goodall and Book by Renata Allen.

Quint-Essential Theatre Company presents THE EVACUEE a World War Two Ghost Story, running from 29 October until 17 November 2013 at the Chelsea Theatre.

JUSTJONES& The Albany present the world premiere and national tour of an award-winning new adaptation of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, adapted and directed from Henrik Ibsen by Rebecca Manson Jones and designed by Jens Demant Cole.

For the first time ever, Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud's stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities will be produced on stage, directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher and opening at the King's Head Theatre tonight, 25 September for a limited season, ending on 19 October.

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company & York Theatre Royal presents RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, running 25 October - 16 November at Nottingham Playhouse, directed by Loveday Ingram, with designs by Simon Higlett and lighting designer Mark Jonathan, starring Ian Bartholomew as Richard III.

Alex Parker Presents PUTTING IT TOGETHER, a Musical Revue with Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, starring David Badella, Daniel Crossley, Janie Dee, Damian Humbley and Caroline Sheen.

Birmingham Hippodrome and Qdos Entertainment have launched the country's biggest pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which opens on Thursday 19 December 2013 and runs until Sunday 2 February 2014.

Ranagri (pronounced Ran-ag-rye) have recently completed their much-awaited first album at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios and are currently touring the UK and Ireland.

First presented in 1951 and filmed the following year, Women of Twilight is a hard-hitting 'all-women play' in which unmarried mothers are ruthlessly exploited by an unscrupulous, baby-farming landlady.

Perfect Pitch and Royal & Derngate, Northampton, are offering British writers and composers the chance to create a brand new musical.

The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK's largest theatre owner and operator, has announced a groundbreaking new Graduate Scheme which will develop the future leaders of commercial theatre.

Louis Pearl, The Amazing Bubble Man has been astounding audiences around the world for decades now with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles.

New Jersey Nights comes to the UK direct from the USA to take audiences on a nostalgic magical journey through the career of one of the biggest selling groups of all time on the Lyceum Theatre stage from today 24 - Saturday 28 September.

In addition to Lazarus Theatre Company's already announced productions of The Tragedy of Mariam at The Tristan Bates and The Merchant of Venice at the Jack Stuido, Brockley, award winning company returns to the Blue Elephant Theatre for Thomas Kyd's revenge tragedy, The Spanish Tragedy, adapted and

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